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Michael Appleton - March 2025 appointed Shrewsbury manager (p124)

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  • Best Man, Andy Woodman of Bromley FC  Quite successful last three seasons.

     or 

    Chris Powell

    Why not Curbishley
    Not Powell and Curbishley said before his days of being involved in football is over he happy what he doing now 
  • Not Powell and Curbishley said before his days of being involved in football is over he happy what he doing now 
    Curbs is our only hope !!!
  • Any sign of a Tingle..🙄
    Sadly, not even a miniscule "itch" .....

    But thanks for asking. 
  • Oh god - it's going to go wrong and we will go down if we hire someone on the chance they might be good. Non Charlton connection hires have NEVER worked in my lifetime. I am a data guy, and i dont like what the historic data is telling me here!

    I am more than happy to take a chance on a Duff / Jones at the start of the year. Hire someone like that now and 100% guaranteed we are gone.

    My position is clear, but what way it goes who knows? 

    We need something special that gets the fanbase rocking - that much I know. We arent good enough to stay up on the pitch - we need a major spirit in the stands to get the job done.
    Hi Damo you really think that we don’t have a good enough squad to stay up ? I agree that we are in a relegation fight now but surely that’s not down to quality ? 
  • Scoham said:
    Who would unite the majority of the fanbase? Bowyer doesn’t want to come back (confirmed by Cawley) and Powell doesn’t want to be a manager anymore (confirmed by Powell himself in an interview a few months ago).

    I don’t see Pearce, Jackson, Euell etc having the same impact on the fans. I don’t see Curbs as the answer either.

    Who would you be happy with?

    Warnock or Rowett.
  • Warnock would be great Rowett not interested taking a break after Millwall to be with his family 

  • Judas, too poncy and thinks he is better than he is.

    No thanks.

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  • Warnock would be great Rowett not interested taking a break after Millwall to be with his family 
    How about Boris and Liz Truss?
  • edited January 2024
    AndyG said:
    Hi Damo you really think that we don’t have a good enough squad to stay up ? I agree that we are in a relegation fight now but surely that’s not down to quality ? 

    No thats not what i am saying (re players on the pitch). The club is broken for whatever reason at the moment. Successful periods at Charlton have always involved a unique bond between all elements - fans, players, management and staff. At the moment we have lost that, and even though on paper you would absolutely think we have enough, losing that special 'Charlton' around the place means that the spirit is gone, and on paper is not enough.

    Get the Charlton back and on the pitch would come together. 
  • RobRob
    edited January 2024
    What a load of bollocks. The boards last extensive search identified Michael Appleton as the stand out choice, which clearly he wasn’t. Everyone bar the board knew that. What faith can we have you’ll get it right this time? Very little!
    I don’t get this approach. What’s the point of living then! What’s the point of changing things to better your life! What’s the point of making changes to improve things! Why would anyone bother with anything if they felt there was no point. Why not just give up!

    Like I said, I don’t get this approach. We’ve been through a lot but I’d rather stay positive. Better than the alternative. 
  • And another fing……

    Let’s forget all the bollocks about a manager who plays to a formation, or someone who has “potential”.

    We need our next gaffer to turn our squad into a lean, mean machine - players who will run the extra yard and fight for that shirt. The pretty stuff can start next season, assuming we stay up.

    So in my mind, that rules out the likes of Jones and Duff as both look a little flaky. Steve Evans is a dumptruck, but look at how he delivers.

    If we could tempt Warnock, he would keep us up and that will give the Board a chance to make a sensible longer term decision in May [NOT August] Finally, if Fleming and Pearcy manage to turn it around, we may not need Warnock.






  • Best Man, Andy Woodman of Bromley FC  Quite successful last three seasons.

     or 

    Chris Powell

    Why not Curbishley
    I wouldn’t mind seeing Curb’s in a director of football type role……maybe even assistant manager of sorts.
  • He's in France.
    Lol. Like that makes my opinion unworthy. You have to do better.
  • edited January 2024
    Nathan Jones has Charlton links and would
    be my clear number one choice, if there’s any chance I hope we go for it.
  • Rob said:
    I don’t get this approach. What’s the point of living then! What’s the point of changing things to better your life! What’s the point of making changes to improve things! Why would anyone bother with anything if they felt there was no point. Why not just give up!

    Like I said, I don’t get this approach. We’ve been through a lot but I’d rather stay positive. Better than the alternative. 
    I think you misunderstand.  What he’s saying is that you have to understand why it went wrong in order to be able to get it right. 
    Some people suggest Curbs for the job which is daft imo. What they should be doing is asking Curbs to help out in the recruitment process. 
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  • I think you misunderstand.  What he’s saying is that you have to understand why it went wrong in order to be able to get it right. 
    Some people suggest Curbs for the job which is daft imo. What they should be doing is asking Curbs to help out in the recruitment process. 
    I do get that. I suppose the hope is they’ve got to get it right sometime. 
  • Guessing he’s not a frequent visitor these days?

    Wonder what he made looking round and seeing such an empty ground. 
    He probably thought Meire was back.
  • I wouldn’t mind seeing Curb’s in a director of football type role……maybe even assistant manager of sorts.
    Not sure he'd be much cop at the recruitment side of things having been out of the game for so long but would be useful as a mentor to a less experienced manager - in the same way as Peacock was around to help him early on. Would have been ideal as a dof/mentor to Jackson when he was manager.
  • Rob said:
    I don’t get this approach. What’s the point of living then! What’s the point of changing things to better your life! What’s the point of making changes to improve things! Why would anyone bother with anything if they felt there was no point. Why not just give up!

    Like I said, I don’t get this approach. We’ve been through a lot but I’d rather stay positive. Better than the alternative. 
    MontcalmRed posted the club statement, which I was referring to and it is a load of bollox but of course what else could they say?

    Scott said Appleton was the outstanding candidate, probably from a very small pond, we all knew he wasn’t! Why couldn’t they see that, if they couldn’t , then it doesn’t give me much faith they can do better this time around.
  • Rob said:
    I do get that. I suppose the hope is they’ve got to get it right sometime. 
    Have you seen anything so far that suggests they will, I haven’t.  

  • This. 100pc. It’s what I’ve been saying for ages.

    Christ - please do the right thing and LISTEN to this.

    I guarantee Powell would get the crowd pumping to stay up. If we bring in someone like Duff etc we are gone.

    It’s not scientific now. We are too far gone to rely on anything but Charlton magic now. 

    Please.
    How many clubs are there that need to be managed by someone with history at that club? Can’t think of any really successful ones that do. I agree that it’s certainly worked for us with Curbs, Powell etc. but we shouldn’t limit ourselves to only going for ex players. I think it’s a sign of desperation if anything. Would the biggest clubs be where they are today if they’d done that?
    Yes, fans might be patient for a little longer if things aren’t going well on the pitch, but they/we did turn on JJ and Bowyer eventually. 
    Having said that I would mind if Bowyer came back, and maybe JJ further down the line. 
  • Lol. Like that makes my opinion unworthy. You have to do better.
    I was just responding to the question he asked or are you refuting you live in France?
  • I would have carried on until the end of the season because:

    1. It gives the message to current and future players that at Charlton you cannot just ’down tools’, undermine the head coach and expect a change.

    2. It shows to future head coaches that at Charlton you get a minimum of one full season.



    I accept that this policy means that based on current form we would have got relegated but:

    1. I think current form is due to players ’downing tools’ and it wouldn't have continued anyway once they realise the head coach is staying. I believe this because Appleton did get results earlier in the season that got us from our current position up to 9th.

    2. We’ve had too many short term, knee jerk reactions. We need to get back to thinking of our long term interest. It shows future coaches that we are not a sacking club. It also shows the players that the head coach is boss and not held ransom to soft baby players of such insolence and disrespect.
    Need to think about our long term interest, but happy to get relegated to prove a point. Make it make sense
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